Beal University
Beal University is a for-profit university in Bangor, ME, with about 226 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
Beal University, in brief
Lower-income families pay more here than at most colleges
Families earning under $30,000 still pay about $37,660 a year after grants. The average family on aid pays $40,109, more than at 96% of 4-year colleges. What it costs ↓
Many students are adults coming back to school
79% of undergraduates are 25 or older. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Beal University is mostly about health professions
70% of the degrees Beal University awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, science technology, is 8%. Majors ↓
Beal University is very small
About 226 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $44,477 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $40,109.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $166,420 over 4 years · 6% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into Beal University?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Beal University is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$207 a month against about $3,347 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 26% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
The students
484 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Bangor
10% of Bangor’s 32,518 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Bangor pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Beal University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.